Originally Posted by GUWonder

Whether it should or shouldn’t, it will matter since some jurisdictions will have authorities who see the printed expiration date and make a fuss about it. Before 9/11 and REAL ID passed, the validity periods of US state DLs were less consistent across the states than they are now, but at least then there were more states whose DLs had longer validity periods than is the case since then. Once this virus situation is under control enough to get people flying again.

Scrapping REAL ID and the mindset that gave us it, would mean that some DLs would still have long validity periods and that DMVs asking DHS for extensions of sort wouldn’t be part of the picture arising from this virus situation. But because of REAL ID, people are out there hoping for an extension from DHS related to this virus. If REAL ID were postponed indefinitely or — even better — rescinded, this problem and the thread about it wouldn’t exist. And that would make flying in America great again.